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Aardvarks Receive More Spam Than Zebras
By John F | August 29, 2008
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In a recent study, it has been found that spammers use the dictionary attacks to send millions of spam emails starting at the beginning of the alphabet, and they tail off towards the end.
So a person called Alan@domain.com will receive 15% more spam than somebody called Zac@domain.com.
Personally i don’t receive that much spam. Then I’m at J [for John] and I don’t have that many email addresses. This blog does receive a hell of a lot of comment spam that Akismet takes out for me. The contact form I have put up also makes it that bit harder for spammers to send me their gibberish.
Unless you wish to change your name from Alan to Zac by deed poll, there are some measures you can take to reduce the amount of spam emails you receive.
My earlier post about reducing spam emails is available here.
Topics: Computer Security Usefulness |